When asked if he saw one of the pairings in his new film Proximity really push one another, filmmaker Taylor Steele pointed to Shane Dorian and Albee Layer, who characteristically braved one of Northern Europe’s stoutest slabs, neither willing to let the other surfer upend the session. “My whole life, Shane has been this freak, crazy guy.

Both the surfing everyone was doing, but also listening to the guys talk, as a fly on the wall. ” Enjoy a few of photographer Todd Glaser’s stills from Shane and Albee’s icy melée in Scotland, and tune back in for more behind-the-scenes coverage of Proximity before the latest issue of SURFER hits newsstands.